Susan Shaffer, Founding Member of the BGAC, has called the island home since 1978. Her work has earned numerous awards and regional recognition. Born to a painter and a physicist, she developed a perspective blending artistry with analytical insight. She studied Ceramic Art at SUNY Alfred as a stoneware potter before exploring paper and mixed media. A workshop with Paul Roland in Santa Fe introduced her to encaustic monotypes – an art form she now fully embraces.
Susan pushes creative boundaries, evoking the viewer’s conscious and subliminal connection to natural rhythms through immersive experience.